Pha Din Pass

Pha Din Pass

Nearly 100 km from Dien Bien Phu city, Dien Bien province, Pha Din Pass is the boundary between Son La and Dien Bien provinces. The name Pha Din Pass comes from the Thai word "Pha Din" in which "Pha" means "Heaven", "Din" means "Earth", meaning this is the junction between heaven and earth. The pass is 32km long and is located on Highway 6, part of it in Phong Lai commune, Thuan Chau district, Son La province and part of it in Toa Tinh commune, Tuan Giao district, Dien Bien province. The starting point of the pass is 66km west of Son La town, while the end point of the pass is about 84km from Dien Bien city. At Pha Din slope, she carried the burden. Lung Lo Pass, brother and sister sing. Even though bombs and bullets shatter bones and flesh. Don't get discouraged, don't regret your youth. The optimistic poem sketches the spirit of a fiery time 65 years ago. Pha Din Pass has an altitude of over 1,000m above sea level, the terrain is very dangerous with one side being a steep cliff, the other side being a deep abyss "a thousand meters up, a thousand meters down". During the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, Pha Din Pass was one of the important arterial routes transporting weapons, ammunition and food to the front and it became a symbol of bravery for more than 8,000 young people volunteered to "Determine to die for the country." In order to block the Viet Minh's reinforcement line into Dien Bien Phu, for 48 days and nights, General De Castries sent planes to hijack Route 6, in which Pha Din Pass was one of the points that suffered the most bombs and bullets. At the top of the pass there is still a stele recording this historical mark. On the stele, it is written: "This is the place that suffered the most from air bombardments by the French colonialists to block our supply of weapons, ammunition, food, and food to serve the Dien Bien Phu campaign." ". By 2005, the government decided to invest in upgrading National Highway 6 to the Northwest. The new Pha Din Pass was built along the mountainside on the left side of old Highway 6, 26km long. The new pass route has been put into use to help vehicles circulate more safely. The old pass route is now for indigenous people or adventurous tourists to conquer and explore. Source: Dien Bien Province Monuments Management Board

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